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76 | I NSIDE AGE | #1 AUG 2022 | asgam.com ARUZE GAMING AUSTRALIA NAMES MITSUHIRO MIYAZAKI AS SVP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT – ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY SUPPLIER Aruze Gaming Australia Pty Ltd has announced the appointment of Mitsuhiro Miyazaki as Senior V i ce Pres i dent of Produc t Management for its Asia Pacific regions, including Australia and New Zealand. In his new role, Miyazaki will oversee Aruze’s product planning and roadmaps for the region, Aruze said, helping d e v e l o p a n d i m p l e m e n t strategies for the company p r o d u c t s w i t h i n R & D , compliance and sales while driving the organization in conjunction with other senior management. The company also revealed that Miyazaki will subsequently ac t as a Di rec tor of Aruze Gami ng Aus t ra l i a , pend i ng licensing, along with Robert Ziems and Cameron Louis. “Mr Miyazaki’s R&D and Product knowledge will be a t remendous asset to our team,” sa i d Aruze’s Gl oba l CTO and Chairman, Masumi Fu j i sawa . “We be l i eve the wea l t h of expe r i ence t ha t Mr Miyazaki brings with him will help strengthen Aruze’s product research, planning, and roadmaps throughout the Asia Pacific region.” Miyazaki brings over 14 years of extensive experience in the gaming industry where he has held senior executive positions. Before joining Aruze, he was Managing Director of Konami Australia, following mu l t i p l e sen i or l eader sh i p roles in R&D and international sales and operations at Konami Gami ng , I nc i n the Un i ted States. He prev i ous l y served i n p r o j e c t ma n a g eme n t a n d engineering roles at Hitachi Ltd as well as Renesas Technology Co r po r a t i on , acco rd i ng t o information provided by Aruze. Miyazaki received a Master of Business Administration f rom T i asNimbas Bus i nes s School at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, a Master of Science in Engineering from Princeton University in the United States, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Osaka University, Japan.